Care Consultant

Reed Community Care provides services to vulnerable adults, children, young people and their families across London. We offer a comprehensive tailored service to a variety of clients including specialist care and support to individuals with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, long term health conditions and mental health.

We are based in the City of London in one of Reed Specialist Recruitments Megasites and are seeking a Care Consultant to join our team. This role attracts a base salary dependent on experience and a competative bonus scheme.

The key purpose of the Care Consultant role within Reed is to promote Community Care services within the designated area, for continued growth and development of the service. This role drives the provision of services to adults, children and young people of all abilities, in all aspects of a comprehensive person-centered service.

Accountable for:• Adherence to all compliance requirements and quality assurance for the provision of servicesto people of all ages and abilities in their own homes and within the local community asdefined by Reed Community Care Services and in conjunction with RSR corporate practices

• Agreed targets through Key Performance Indicators, including % margin/hourly margintargets. Year on year improvement.

• Maintenance and development of existing and new business opportunities

• The support to the NDM / BD team in the development of tendering exercises - through casestudies or information provision

• Communicate/direct and liaise with all office personnel, social workers, Service Users andCare/Support Workers. Other health and social care professionals promoting multi agencyworking.• Assist with “on call” duties at weekends, weekday nights and bank holidays.

• Ensure period reviews of compliance being maintained and put in place remedial orimprovement action plans• Searching and sourcing for candidates via direct advertising, job boards, social media andreferrals

• Working with urgency and ensuring that services are filled to agreed timescalesCompliance• Observe, adhere and keep abreast of all current legislative requirements relating toDomiciliary / community care provision such as WTR, Data Protection including regulatorybodies

• Produce data and management information and monitoring for internal and externaldepartments as required.

• Consistently manage/direct all care rotas/ schedules as agreed in service plans

• To ensure contingency plans are in place for absence and ongoing service provisionThe above is not an exhaustive list of duties but an indication of the work to be undertaken

Essential• Understanding of legislation relating to Community Care.• Ability to recognise problems and formulate solutions particular to Community Care• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing.• Assessment and gathering information skills.• Organisational skills, including scheduling work effectively, supervising staff and providingprofessional support.• Capable of accepting responsibility and coping with emergencies.• Positive attitude to provide effective service and professional conduct such as own health andwork attendance record.• Ability to implement and review Service User Plans and work with complex cases.• Motivated to promote RCC service to new and existing clients in order to develop the servicein order to effect a successful / profitable business model• Computer literacy - Word, Excel, Power Point and Internal SystemsDesirable• QCF 2 /3/4 / 5 qualification or above LMCS, RMA or equivalent - HSCA level 4/5 ( Health andCare related)• Previous experience of delivering outcome base service• Demonstrated networking and communication skills• Willingness for continued professional development• Car driver and/or access to car - willing to travel

Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited is an employment agency and employment business

Reference: 34082617

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